Thursday, October 27, 2005

Jeremy Narby's latest book has held me in awe for the past two days. Intelligence in Nature documents his search for intelligence in nature. I just finished the chapter where he visits Martin Giurfa, a scientist who recently demonstrated that bees can handle abstract thought. Without writing a book report here, I am particularly interested in the fact that science is slowly proving that brain size has little to do with intelligence. The ability to handle abstraction is not a exclusive trait of humans and other mammals. I believe that Narby is moving towards locating intelligence in plants. This is a fascinating work. Intelligence will be discovered on a cellular level and as this realization is brought into consensus consciousness the veil of reality will be pulled aside further.

Onward, I will practice this evening with Monica at City Yoga. I may be teaching some of her classes in the near future. As stated yesterday, this has been a great week for changing up my practice. It's become very dynamic and light. Tomorrow, I'm going to go to Matthew's led primary before assisting in day two of Reiki II at IMI. Forward.

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Gregg Newsom is a Yoga Teacher, Bodyworker, and Reiki Master who escaped Corporate America in 2006 to share his talents with others, raise awareness and take action on the issues of Food Security, Health, and Social and Environmental Justice. Informed & inspired by Permaculture, the Transition Movement & Eastern, Western, & Indigenous explorations of Consciousness, Gregg is in active pursuit of resilient and relocalized neighborhoods where diverse, sustainable and soulful communities will thrive.

In 2007, Gregg and his wife Angela co-created Detroit Evolution and are pleased to offer community-based yoga classes, bodywork, vegan and raw food preparation classes, catering, and community building events in and around Detroit.

“Maybe that’s the ultimate take-away from Detroit Evolution: seeing food not as a commodity but as a relationship with the earth, as an individual and a community, one not to be approached without a conscience.” ~Michael Jackman, Metrotimes